Man’s death investigated as a homicide by GCSD

The Grant County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the death of a Silver City man.

According to Lt. Fermin Lopez, deputies were dispatched to Radio Tower Road off New Mexico 15 on Jan. 14 after a report of an unresponsive man lying in a vehicle. When they arrived they discovered the body of Esteben Ortega, 22, of Silver City.

Ortega’s death is being treated as ahomicide, according to a press release, and his body was transported to the Office of the Medical Investigator. Investigators are not releasing the manner of death.

Anyone with information regarding the case should contact the Sheriff’s Department at 574-0100 or the Grant County Regional Dispatch Authority at 388-8840.